Some time ago I have had a heated argument with a guy who thinks himself to be a great Alchemist researcher and thus a spiritually "enlightened" person. He insisted that "...acceptance is the first thing u should do, before you can move forward. This is basic Buddhist teachings...". I was trying to explain to him that playing the ostrich policy (of pushing ones head under the sand to avoid seeing the evil reality of human existence) will not liberate anybody from suffering etc., but he did not get it. Instead, since he could not refute my arguments, he referred to an article as his authoritative text that supposed to enlighten me about what "real spirituality" is. So I have taken a look at his "holy scripture" to see if it makes any sense at all, and written a thorough analysis and explanation what is wrong with it and why.

https://morpheusnotes.wordpress.com/the-accept-what-is-mind-virus/

Here is a brief quotation from the middle of the article (if you have seen the movie “They Live” you will recognize the concept):

“… The ‘accepting what is’ slogan is a mind virus, which programs the subconscious not to resist anything, not to fight anything, no matter how evil it is. Surrender! Be satisfied with a life of slavery filled with suffering! Don’t rebel, don’t even think of changing anything for your benefit! If you do that, then you are not “accepting what is” which is a non-spiritual behavior, opposing the authority, and it can have only bad consequences…!

“This is most important to understand: it does not matter how cleverly the “teacher” tries to redefine the intended meaning of this slogan, it will have a devastating effect on the subconscious mind. It will still corrupt it with its primary commonly understood meaning, which is in short: ‘surrender, don’t fight!’ The very purpose of the redefinition is to disarm the filtering function of the intellect, which otherwise automatically recognizes the dangerous suggestion, and tries to reject it. But if the respected authority ‘explains’ and redefines a gibberish meaning to the slogan, then the filter is broken, resistance is eliminated, and the virus is successfully planted into the subconscious. The acrobatic performance of redefinition of expressions is necessary because otherwise it would be next to impossible to plant such defeating and disempowering suggestions into the minds of sane people…”

Here is the full article:
https://morpheusnotes.wordpress.com/the-accept-what-is-mind-virus/

Morfeus